John Smith (New York senator)

John Smith (12 February 1752-12 August 1816) was Senator from New York from 23 February 1804 to 4 March 1813, succeeding John Armstrong, Jr. and preceding Rufus King. Smith was a member of the classical liberal Democratic-Republican Party.

Biography
John Smith was born in Mastic Beach, New York on 12 February 1752, the son of a provincial congress member. He served in the New York State Assembly as the representative from Suffolk County from 1784 to 1785, from 1787 to 1794, and from 1798 to 1800. On 27 February 1800, he entered the US House of Representatives as the representative from New York's 1st district, succeeding the deceased Jonathan Nicoll Havens; he served until 23 February 1804, when he was elected Senator, and Samuel Riker succeeded him. Smith served as a Democratic-Republican Party senator, replacing the acting senator John Armstrong, Jr., who was the successor of the retired DeWitt Clinton. He was re-elected in 1807, and he served until 1813. He died three years later in 1816.